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Crevalle jackShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker70
- Spot69
- Spotted seatrout68
- Red drum67
- Weakfish61
- Southern flounder60
- Florida pompano57
- Bluefish55
- Black drum53
- Black sea bass52
- Little tunny50
- Summer flounder49
- Gag grouper47
- Striped bass46
- Red snapper44
- Sheepshead43
- Atlantic tarpon35
- King mackerel35
- Red grouper35
- Crevalle jack34
- Gray triggerfish34
- Greater amberjack33
- Gray snapper31
- Cobia27
- Spanish mackerel24
Best score today · 4 PM · Crevalle jack
- Now
- 349 PM EST
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High0.6 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Sunday, Nov 15 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
71Wind: 14 kt SEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
53Water temp: 66°F, coolLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Crevalle jack
Species seasonality
35Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Crevalle jack is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with NCDMF before you keep a fish.
Source: NCDMF · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Crevalle jack is best here
Last week of shoulder season for Crevalle jack · the off season next
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Pitman Creek
- Depth
- About 1 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · ProtectedEstuary · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonCrevalle jack
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Pitman Creek
Pitman Creek is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is about 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for spotted seatrout, red drum, weakfish and southern flounder, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and summer flounder. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Spotted seatrout peak from September through November.
Tackle & technique
- Crevalle jack
- Jacks roam in schools through inlets, passes, bays, river mouths and along beaches, pushing bait to the surface, and big fish also hold on nearshore reefs and wrecks. Watch for birds and surface blowups, then cast a popper, a spoon or a bucktail into the school and retrieve fast. Bring heavy spinning tackle, because a jack over 15 pounds runs hard and fights for a long time.
- Atlantic croaker
- Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.
- Spot
- Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Abraham Bay70
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 70
- Spotted seatrout 68
9 kt ENEL 3:52 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:06 AM · 0.5 ft
- Turnagain Bay70
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 69
- Spotted seatrout 68
9 kt ENEL 2:33 AM · 0.3 ftH 5:28 AM · 0.3 ft
- Hog Point68
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Spotted seatroutPeak season- Spotted seatrout 68
- Red drum 67
- Atlantic croaker 64
9 kt ENEL 2:33 AM · 0.3 ftH 5:28 AM · 0.3 ft
- Turnagain Bay Spit65
Bar · 1.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Florida pompano 65
- Spot 65
9 kt ENEL 3:52 AM · 0.4 ftH 10:06 AM · 0.5 ft
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with NCDMF before you keep a fish.